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Posted on September 22, 2013

Pixies EP1

The Pixies EP1

Cover detail for EP1 by The Pixies

A new Pixies record has dropped, their first physical release of new material since Trompe Le Monde in 1991, being a total Pixies fanboy I ordered it on release day.

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Posted in Music | Tagged EP1, Pixies, record, vinyl | 1 Comment
Posted on September 2, 2013

Westfield Shepherds Bush

Westfield Shepherds Bush Art Illustration

Westfield Shepherds Bush

I made some art in honour of the Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherds Bush, which is where I go and get lunch several times a week, on a scrap of paper: it’s called Westfield Shepherds Bush.

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Posted on August 29, 2013

RideLondon-Surrey 100 Cycle Sportive

RideLondon-Surrey in numbers

My RideLondon-Surrey Race Stats

Participated in the inaugural RideLondon-Surrey 100 cycle sportive earlier in the month which was just brilliant. Been too lazy to blog about it before but this graphic came through from Garmin last week and has given me some impetus.
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Posted in Sport | Tagged Cycling, London, Samaritans | Leave a comment
Posted on August 14, 2013

The Hyperloop

Been reading about The Hyperloop Train concept from Elon Musk over the last couple of days and it’s a pretty exciting prospect. I rode on the Shanghai Maglev Train last year, whose top speed is around 268mph (431kph), and that was an awesome enough experience.
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Posted on July 21, 2013

elBulli at Somerset House

Illustration from elBulli at Somerset House

ElBulli: Ferran Adrià and The Art of Food show at Somerset House is really interesting, but there’s one thing that is a complete and utter wind up: there’s NO FOOD.
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Posted on July 17, 2013

Mark Gonzales

Great video from Adidas of The Gonz, been a while since I listened to Sonic Youth.

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Posted on April 23, 2013

New Road Bike

De Rosa R838 Road Bike

My New De Rosa Bike

I’ve been looking at buying a new frame but in the end bought a whole new road bike, a De Rosa R838 Stealth. The set up was about the same cost as the frame in the sale so it was a no brainer.
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Posted on April 22, 2013

Save Southbank Skate Park

Save Southbank Weekend 4th-6th May 2013

Save Southbank

London’s South Bank has been a mainstay of the British skate scene for decades but the Soutbank Centre now wants to turn the area into more retail units and move the park elsewhere, this isn’t their first land grab either.
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Posted on April 19, 2013

Jake Brown 720 Ollie

I thought his 720 grab when he slammed the vert air was nuts, this is mega nuts.

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Posted on December 4, 2012

Étape du Tour 2013

It’s on, I booked a place for next years Étape du Tour between Annecy and Montée du Semnoz, around 130km in distance and approximately 4,500 metres of climbing.
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Posted in Sport | Tagged Cycling, Etape, Tour de France | Leave a comment

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